Obama Lays Out Space Exploration Plans At KSC
By Irene Klotz
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.
President Barack Obama this afternoon sketched out plans for an invigorated space exploration program that will put astronauts on an asteroid in the 2020s and in orbit around Mars a decade later.
Speaking before an invitation-only audience at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations and Checkout Building, Obama made no mention of extending the space shuttle, or restarting manufacturing lines to provide components for a future heavy-lift rocket ...
